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[Pterion]

Theres nothing particulary complicated about it.

Through life normal people are presented multiple doors for oportunities and experiences. Most of them are closed.

To the ultra rich every single door is open and has a butler holding the door for you.

Personally, i dont like spending money. I could have a lamborghini aventador but i chose to drive an audi a5 coupe. I could pay for a 8k a month apartment but i settle for a 2k a month.

Now my cousins, they are the kinda people you see in rich kids of instagram hence why i used my cousin as an example, as far as im concerned Tabris is free to do whatever he wants just dont be surprised when he gets called out on it by people higher than him in the social hierachy.

RESPECT!

I find Tabris and people like him fairly annoying because they are ultimately not half as special and unique as they think they are. It just screams insecurity and I'm amazed that half of GAF licks that shit up. FFS, the guy lives in Vancouver where kids are driving Lambos and buying 30 million dollars house, yet GAF should be utterly impressed by his 400k shoebox condo? But yea, must be the salt, lol.

 

[GeordieMark]

Theres nothing particulary complicated about it.

Through life normal people are presented multiple doors for oportunities and experiences. Most of them are closed.

To the ultra rich every single door is open and has a butler holding the door for you.

Personally, i dont like spending money. I could have a lamborghini aventador but i chose to drive an audi a5 coupe. I could pay for a 8k a month apartment but i settle for a 2k a month.

Now my cousins, they are the kinda people you see in rich kids of instagram hence why i used my cousin as an example, as far as im concerned Tabris is free to do whatever he wants just dont be surprised when he gets called out on it by people higher than him in the social hierarchy.

This thread has turned into Richie Rich vs Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Money Fight!

 

[jufonuk]

I just want to be able to pay off my mortgage, support my wife and kids and travel when I can and go eat in some nice places. enjoy my little luxuries that I can lol.

happy for the people who have it. and for us mortals. let us view your world with our grubby little faces pressed up against the glass.

 

[stump sock]

You have absolutely no idea how tacky it looks for someone to take a picture of their food. It looks like hes expecting to never see it again, and thats a sign of being poor.

 

[Austriacus]

RESPECT!

I find Tabris and people like him fairly annoying because they are ultimately not half as special and unique as they think they are. It just screams insecurity and I'm amazed that half of GAF licks that shit up. But yea, must be the salt, lol.

If donald trump wasnt a racist biggot a large section of gaf would be behind him "because he has money". Its not that really surprising tbh.

Its the cult of the dollar. Rich people arent any more special than anybody else, they were just, for the most part, lucky.

 

[Pterion]

If donald trump wasnt a racist biggot a large section of gaf would be behind him "because he has money". Its not that really surprising tbh.

Its the cult of the dollar. Rich people arent any more special than anybody else, they were just, for the most part, lucky.

My man! I've always thought and known this to be true. Glad to see someone on a much higher wealth scale think similarly. All that talk about hard work, bootstraps and such is mostly BS. Sure, it matters a bit, but not as much as circumstances and luck really.

 

[The Cool One]

By the way, before anyone says it, this thread is no doubt a thread some people may consider bragging. But that doesn't mean it should just be about the really crazy things, as there's always someone who will have done something crazier, it could be anything you considered opulent that you've experienced. There will be people who post in here that have done my below stay casually.

We just finished a trip in Dubai where I had the most opulent experience of my life. It was absolutely ridiculous and to be honest, it's a little bit hard to "come back down". I hope that's not the last time I ever experience something like this, and it motivates me to work hard, but it may be.

There was a lot of amazing things like desert safari with dinner in an old arabian castle, sky tour at burj khalifa, swimming with dolphins, diving with sharks, atlantis, amazing michelin-level dinners, dubai mall, dubai fountain, ferrari world, abu dhabi tour, etc. All of it was opulent, but nothing was as opulent as staying at the Burj Al Arab.

We were picked up in a Phantom II Rolls Royce:



To the Burj Al Arab:



Our floor had our own reception, and we had our own personal butler who handled anything we needed. And the room was the nicest thing I've ever stayed in:



We had dinner at almost every restaurant in there, from dinner "below the sea" to lunch "in the sky". We got a couples body massage and scrub while looking at the world (the islands). Swam in an indoor pool with intricate marble while enjoying arabian coffee and dates. It was just absolutely ridiculous how opulent everything was.

What kind of job do you have? Are you making 6 figures?

 

[mattiewheels]

Family bought a '16 Corvette Stingray, I've never driven a car that cost more than $5000 before that.

 

[Google]

FFS, the guy lives in Vancouver where kids are driving Lambos and buying 30 million dollars house, yet GAF should be utterly impressed by his 400k condo? But yea, must be the salt, lol.

Yup.

Hashtag context.

 

[mattiewheels]

Plus, holy shit is Dubai the tackiest black hole of narcissism on the planet.

 

[Google]

Plus, holy shit is Dubai the tackiest black hole of narcissism on the planet.

That was kind of my point.

Opulence is not spending $5k to visit a 1980's version of Patrick Bateman's apartment complex...

 

[Dali]

2 roundtrips to Japan in business first class. Can't imagine making that trip without the seats that recline into beds.

 

[Aselith]

as far as im concerned Tabris is free to do whatever he wants just dont be surprised when he gets called out on it by people higher than him in the social hierarchy.

Think how tacky THAT looks though, especially calling him out for something so normal in modern society. Not sure if you are old af or just out of touch with your own generation.

Plus, you're now the upper crust elite putting his lesser in his place which is a hell of a lot more snooty than your cousin spending a few thousand more on an apartment. Is that who you want to be?

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

I once bought a big mac meal, AND a double cheesburger.

Other than that. I once took the mrs on a shopping weekend to New York, flying 1st class on Jumbo Jet.

Damn that was an expensive weekend. She rewarded me well though!

Never been one for opulence. I'm well off these days but know my roots, growing up on a council estate in the north of England. I like to keep it real for the most part.

 

[Tabris]

Weird argument to have over taking pictures of food, but it talks to a philosophical point.

As mentioned in the OP, some of these experiences I posted about here are things I may never experience again (but I hope to).

You see this often with actually rich people who treat these opulent things casually, they stop being able to appreciate them. I don't want to be someone who can't enjoy and appreciate these opulent things and experiences, because once you can no longer do that, you lose some of the happiness they bring.

The issue I think is with some of you projecting then me just enjoying these amazing experiences and taking pictures of them to share with people.

Unclench and enjoy life a bit people, and if you can't, stop raining on other people.

 

[jufonuk]

Weird argument to have over taking pictures of food, but it talks to a philosophical point.

As mentioned in the OP, some of these experiences I posted about here are things I may never experience again (but I hope to).

You see this often with actually rich people who treat these opulent things casually, they stop being able to appreciate them. I don't want to be someone who can't enjoy and appreciate these opulent things and experiences, because once you can no longer do that, you lose some of the happiness they bring.

The issue I think is with some of you projecting then me just enjoying these amazing experiences and taking pictures of them to share with people.

Unclench and enjoy life a bit people, and if you can't, stop raining on other people.

is it weird I read that all in Batemans voice?

 

[Tabris]

Further to the point, whether it's the person talking about his $30 italian takeout or that dinner at a michelin-restaurant. Or the person talking about Disneyland or Dubai. If they are finding happiness in that experience, that's all the matters. For all the shit I get, a lot of you are sounding way more classist.

If you stopped derailing this thread with your projections unto me, you could see the great examples others have posted of things they thought were opulent.

 

[xxracerxx]

Weird argument to have over taking pictures of food, but it talks to a philosophical point.

As mentioned in the OP, some of these experiences I posted about here are things I may never experience again (but I hope to).

You see this often with actually rich people who treat these opulent things casually, they stop being able to appreciate them. I don't want to be someone who can't enjoy and appreciate these opulent things and experiences, because once you can no longer do that, you lose some of the happiness they bring.

The issue I think is with some of you projecting then me just enjoying these amazing experiences and taking pictures of them to share with people.

Unclench and enjoy life a bit people, and if you can't, stop raining on other people.

It's 3:30am where you are, go to bed.

 

[Google]

The issue I think is with some of you projecting then me just enjoying these amazing experiences and taking pictures of them to share with people.

I share these experiences with the people I'm having the experience with.

I feel no need to share them with strangers on the internet and take pictures of the expensive things I've purchased.

 

[Tabris]

It's 3:30am where you are, go to bed.

lol yeah I generally only sleep 4 hours a night. Just handing some stuff. I'll get a couple hours of sleep in again.

I share these experiences with the people I'm having the experience with.

I feel no need to share them with strangers on the internet and take pictures of the expensive things I've purchased.

You missed the more important last line to quote. Why are you in this thread though since you don't want to talk about what your most opulent experience was or discuss others? To argue the definition of opulence? Maybe create a thread called "What is opulence to you?" and argue away. It sounds like you just wanted to rain down on someone.

 

[Pterion]

I share these experiences with the people I'm having the experience with.

I feel no need to share them with strangers on the internet and take pictures of the expensive things I've purchased.

Clearly none of us have lived before Instagram.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

This thread is certainly weird. It seems like OP really wants to show the rest of gaf how rich he is. One would hope that is not his only reason for going on such a garish trip. A search through his post history could maybe provide some insight. I assume that this little episode is part of the trip discussed in this thread

So I've made the decision, that I will be living abroad this upcoming year. Most likely heading out in February. My best friend is joining me during it, probably 1 to 2 months in but that depends when I leave as she won't be able to until Spring, and we're trying to plan where we want to live. She won't be working at all, and I'll only be working on my own project which needs a lot of programming (so the hope is to do this on the beach or by the pool) so maybe 3-4 hours of work a day on average. The rest of it will be dedicated to fun and working on life goals.


Current plan is to rent a beach house (the type you can just walk out to your beach) in one of the Thailand coastal cities for 6 months, or just a very amazing apartment in Bangkok with their own large pool. I don't know yet, plan to spend first month just exploring Thailand to figure out where we would want to settle.

Then maybe Tokyo for the other 6 months but that depends on how much the first 6 months in Thailand costs. I've budgeted around $100k for the year. So I couldn't live a year in areas like Europe so Thailand seems to be the best fit for that good living but much cheaper cost of living.

Wow, what a good friend you seem to be! Spending $100k on a year abroad with them. Surely, you have no ulterior motives?

Slightly off topic, but not worth it's own thread.

I recently hooked up with a friend after some drinking. As we were unbuttoning and removing each other's clothes, she reached to take off my Apple Watch. I said "Leave it on, I want to track the activity" with a wink. She teased me for a bit over it lol.

But I legitimately wanted to track the activity. Would you, or have you ever had sex (the kind you spend a couple hours fucking naked in bed, not the quickies some of you are talking about it) with your smartwatch on? If not, would you consider it a faux pas?

Oh.

(I assume this classy episode went down roughly like this)

Well, at least you got what you wanted! If you don't have charm or good looks, a fat wallet may suffice. All is fair in love and war, and all that. Anyway, I hope she's something special, when you had to go to such lengths.

Well, she seems to be moving quite fast, because you two are already doing stuff like couples' massage. I guess she already has you around her finger.

Anyway, don't make the same mistake as Depp. Be sure to sign a pre-nup before you marry her. Spousal support payments can be downright opulent.

 

[Pterion]

Haha, the name dropping is so subtle and so unintentional... NOT! Reminds me almost of a Porsche shot recently. kekeke

Spoiler

I'm sorry EvoX

 

[Minus_Me]

Weird argument to have over taking pictures of food, but it talks to a philosophical point.

As mentioned in the OP, some of these experiences I posted about here are things I may never experience again (but I hope to).

You see this often with actually rich people who treat these opulent things casually, they stop being able to appreciate them. I don't want to be someone who can't enjoy and appreciate these opulent things and experiences, because once you can no longer do that, you lose some of the happiness they bring.

The issue I think is with some of you projecting then me just enjoying these amazing experiences and taking pictures of them to share with people.

Unclench and enjoy life a bit people, and if you can't, stop raining on other people.

That's what trying to be said though, when staying at the Burj becomes a standard thing it does lose its luster. It stops becoming a crazy experience when it becomes your normal day to day.

Sukiyabashi Jiro becomes just another Sushi restaurant, albeit with a cold staff, when you've been there 5+ times. In fact, I've had better at a hole in the wall in Ueno, if I hadn't gotten smashed during and after the meal I would have gladly taken the name down.

You grow accustomed to what money brings. You might get surprised sometimes but honestly there's only so much you can do.

Guess your next step is to find some amazing 2kg tin of Iranian Caviar and eat it off a super model or something. Always remember, caviar is eaten off the skin, never on metal silverware!

 

[Google]

Why are you in this thread

I'm not sure.

I've had an emotional response to the things you've posted. I find your motivations for posting interesting (in a schadenfreude type way) and I find your specific interests fairly mundane and unspectacular.

So all in all, I'm sitting here reading and my brain is going "This is bullshit - why is he even posting this? Is he looking for a competition? A discussion? A tale of how cool he is?" and I want to get to the bottom of it.

This thread seems as good as any to try so that's why I'm here.

Better question is: Why are you really posting this thread? What is your motivation? Why are you posting all the expensive shit you're doing but not actually showing us the smile/hug/kiss behind it all? If I could see a real human and not some random collection of gaudy hotel rooms I might be less inclined to jump all over it.

 

[Austriacus]

Think how tacky THAT looks though, especially calling him out for something so normal in modern society. Not sure if you are old af or just out of touch with your own generation.

Plus, you're now the upper crust elite putting his lesser in his place which is a hell of a lot more snooty than your cousin spending a few thousand more on an apartment. Is that who you want to be?

Im 25 years old. Ive seen younger kids of millionaires calling the so called "pretenders" ordinary in their face. In fact, ive seen that word used in conversations to describe actions they themselve do jokingly.

If you are gona take a picture do so with friends or a special someone enjoying the food together happily, not of the food itself.


And as putting down someone else, as far as im concerned people are allowed to live their life as they see fit and i have said so already. But i though id offer my opinion on how his actions would be viewed by members of the elite and how it is not simply "salt" from people.

 

[Aselith]

Im 25 years old. Ive seen younger kids of millionaires calling the so called "pretenders" ordinary in their face. In fact, ive seen that word used in conversations to describe actions they themselve do jokingly.

If you are gona take a picture do so with friends or a special someone enjoying the food together happily, not of the food itself.


And as putting down someone else, as far as im concerned people are allowed to live their life as they see fit and i have said so already. But i though id offer my opinion on how his actions would be viewed by members of the elite and how it is not simply "salt" from people.

It is though. You're posting about your displeasure that someone poorer than you are would dare be proud of something you consider commonplace:

That is true for the common man but we are talking in the context of living the high life.

Going to a michellin restaurant is not a treat, its just another meal. Therefore not worth showing.

I dont know of one single member of the elite families in my country (from all age brackets) that take pictures of their food.

You need to look at what you're posting and realize how gross it is for someone who's rich to come into a thread and start trying to shame someone for being proud of something you can afford on the regular. It's clear that you want to be the humble, frugal person because you're proud of being able to afford more but not spending it.

These posts are showing a real haughty, uppercrust attitude that I don't think you want to be who you are? This is like reverse salt where instead of being jealous, you're mad because he dares "pretend" (even though he never implied this) that he belongs to your class? Ick.

 

[MogCakes]

opulent.

But opulent by definition refers to wealth and extravagance...maybe "significant" or "unforgettable" or "happy" was what you were going for.

 

[Warm Machine]

I think it might be time to lock this. It seems to be bringing out the worst in people.

 

[Aselith]

But opulent by definition refers to wealth and extravagance...maybe "significant" or "unforgettable" or "happy" was what you were going for.

If you make 10k a year, 5k on a vacation would be extremely extravagant for you. Opulent refers to extravagance but extravagance is relative. There are some things that are definitely universally opulent like owning your own island but opulence can also refer to something that is simply very opulent for you personally.

 

[cyborgnumberblue]

how about take and post a picture of whatever you want and if it bothers somebody else, they don't look at it?

 

[MogCakes]

Opulent refers to extravagance but extravagance is relative.

I get it, but that's a term people could (and have) easily misinterpret.

 

[Aselith]

I get it, but that's a term people could (and have) easily misinterpret.

Judging by the posts of a fair number of people in here, they don't even know what it means.

 

[*Splinter]

Hey Austriacus, there are people in this thread listing Disney Land as their example of opulence.

Disney Land

Tell them how wrong they are!


This is sarcasm, of course. Don't keep doing what you're doing, it's gross.

Of course Tabris is a "pretender", this thread makes no sense in any other context. No one here - except for you - is posting about their every day lives. Dubai, Michelin star meals, Disney Land, in-flight meals on an economy flight - these are experiences the posters cant usually afford, and we don't give a damn what the bored oligarch at the next table thinks of us when we take photos to remember it.

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

This might be the most douchey thread I have ever seen.

 

[Tabris]

Aselith and Splinter are spot on.

My OP had the following lines in it:

"We just finished a trip in Dubai where I had the most opulent experience of my life. It was absolutely ridiculous and to be honest, it's a little bit hard to "come back down". I hope that's not the last time I ever experience something like this, and it motivates me to work hard, but it may be."

But that doesn't mean it should just be about the really crazy things, as there's always someone who will have done something crazier, it could be anything you considered opulent that you've experienced. There will be people who post in here that have done my below stay casually.

I just had some amazing experiences (to me), wanted to share them and find out what other amazing experiences people have had! Not to look down on any of them. The non argumentative part of this thread has been great.

 

[besada]

Further to the point, whether it's the person talking about his $30 italian takeout or that dinner at a michelin-restaurant. Or the person talking about Disneyland or Dubai. If they are finding happiness in that experience, that's all the matters. For all the shit I get, a lot of you are sounding way more classist.

Given the amount of time you've spent shitting on flyover states, eating brisket, and hanging out with couples, this wail that someone is being a classist pretentious jerk rings a little hollow. Your entire schtick is about how great your life is, and how people who don't live like you are boring. So I have a difficult time feeling sympathy for you when someone shoves that right back down your throat.

Regardless, I think we've all had enough opulence for the moment. I look forward to your next exciting thread, once you show EL the receipts of your charitable donations.